Selected Exhibitions & Fairs

Jan 2010         London Art Fair, Eyestorm Gallery

2009
Oct          Art London, Bo Lee Gallery
June          Solo Show, Untitled at Drella Gallery, Surrey
May          AAF, New York, Tag Fine Arts
April          London Original Print Fair, Royal Academy, London
Mar          Armory Show, New York, Opus Gallery
Feb          20/21 International Art Fair, Royal College of Art,London
Jan          The London Art Fair, Islington, Tag Fine Arts

2008
Sept          ASC Open Studios & Group Show
Sept          AAF Battersea, Art *

2007
Dec          ASC Open Studios & Group Show
Dec          Wonderful Winter, Group Show, Eyestorm Gallery, London
Oct          RCA Secrets, Group Show, London
Oct          AAF Battersea, Art *
May          Arts Unwrapped, Arts Council sponsored London-wide Open Studios

2006
Dec          Eyestorm Christmas Drawing Show, Group Show
Oct          RCA Secrets, Group Show, London
Jan            Solo Show at Opus Gallery, Newcastle
Jan            Solo Show at Eyestorm/Britart Gallery, Exeter Quay

2005
Nov           Solo Show at Eyestorm/Britart Gallery, Ipswich
Sept         Bennett’s ‘The Wink’ image races on a Porsche & drivers’ helmets at Silverstone’s  24 Hour Britcar Race
July         Charing X, The Opening - Group Show, Charing X Gallery, W1
Mar          Armory Show, New York, Britart
Mar          Solo Show, Lucie Bennett New Works Eyestorm/Britart W1

2004
Oct          RCA Secrets, Group Show, London
Sept         Solo Show, Untitled at ‘The Gallery’, Cork St, W1
Sept        Flirt, Solo Show at House Of Fraser City Store, EC4
April         Bob's Your Uncle, Britart Group Show, Eyestorm Gallery, New York
Mar         Armory Show, New York, Britart
Mar         Raunch, Solo Show, Caspar Dunston Gallery, W6

2003
Oct        AAF, New York, Art *
June        Girls In Space, Group Show, Space Gallery, SW1
May         Solo show at Exposure, W1
May         Square Art III - Group Show, Golden Square, W1
April         First Art Auction by Text Message Show, Selfridges London, W1
April         Solo Show, Frill at Space Gallery, SW1

2002
Dec          Square Art II - Group Show, Golden Square, W1
May          Square Art I - Group Show, Golden Square, W1

1997 -2001
Dec 01         Solo Show, FRONT at HHCL Advertising Agency, W1
June 98         La Collaboration - Group Show, Nantes, France
June 97         Bennett gained a BA in Interactive Arts from Manchester Metropolitan University and L’Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France. TV/Film
Mar 08         Work featured in the feature film: French Film, with Eric Cantona directed by Jackie          Oudney of Little Voice and Beautiful Creatures
Mar 05         One of two artist finalists selected to have Private View of solo show and its run-up filmed for the ‘art episode’ of The Apprentice, BBC2
Mar 05         Featured twice on The Culture Programme, BBC2 Collections
The Groucho Club; Virgin Group (New York, LA and San Francisco); Citigroup; and many private collections Charitable Donations
I have a selected number of charities that I like to support and have done so by donating some of my works; Oct 07         Drawing donated for ‘The Butterfly Book’ Artists’ Drawings, for Leukaemia Research Fund
May 06         Silkscreen prints donated to Yeovil Hospital, NHS Healing In The Environment Appeal
March 06         Silkscreen print donated to The Terrence Higgins Trust and auctioned at Christie’s
March 05         Painting donated to the ME Support Group and auctioned at Highcliffe Castle, Dorset
April 04         Painting donated to The Terrence Higgins Trust and auctioned at Christie’s
July 04         Painting donated to The British Red Cross and auctioned at The Gainsborough Studios, N1

Lucie Bennett’s work presents potent images of women in varying guises - as haunting sirens, alluring pin-ups and supernatural nymphs - but plays absorbing games with the viewer’s preconceptions of these deceptively familiar archetypes. Bennett’s images are sometimes confrontational, directly challenging the viewer. At other times, her women are elusive, oblivious to the viewer’s gaze, seemingly existing in an other-worldly space beyond the surface of the paint. Bennett gained a BA from Manchester Metropolitan University in Interactive Arts, graduating in 1997. She also studied at L’Ecole Regionale des Beaux-Arts de Nantes in France. Solo shows have included Untitled at Drella Gallery (2009) Untitled at Opus Gallery (2006) Lucie Bennett New Works at Eyestorm/Britart Gallery (2005),  Untitled at The Gallery on Cork Street (2004), and Frill at Space Gallery (2003). Spring 2009 saw her exhibiting at the prestigious Armory Fair in New York for the third year running. Bennett has also featured in a number of group exhibitions including RCA Secrets at The Royal College of Art, Bob’s Your Uncle at Eyestorm Gallery, New York and Girls In Space at Space Gallery, London.  Bennett’s work is shown regularly at art fairs. A large painting of Bennett’s is on permanent display in the Press Room at Soho’s Groucho Club; she has been specially commissioned to produce work for Selfridges and House Of Fraser, and is proud to have auctioned work on behalf of the Terrence Higgins Trust, The British Red Cross and The ME Support Group.  Bennett’s work was also featured in the first UK series of BBC2’s hit TV show The Apprentice.  A team of the contestants were tasked with selling as much of Bennett’s work as possible during a two hour private view, competing with the other team, who were selling the work of artists Rob and Nick Carter.